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Liverpool's head coach stated he had to “examine my own performance” after the Reds suffered a 6th defeat in 7 English top-flight games at home to Forest and affirmed he would discover a way from the champions’ slump.

Nottingham Forest, in the relegation zone prior to the match, delivered the largest win at Liverpool's stadium in their history as the Merseyside club fell to an eighth defeat in eleven fixtures in every tournament. The British record signing, the Swedish striker, was once more anonymous and the home side contended Murillo’s first goal ought to have been disallowed for comparable grounds to Virgil van Dijk’s chalked-off goal versus Manchester City before the national team pause. But Slot conceded the buck stopped with him and offered no alibis.

“Nobody wishes to hear me now talking about officiating calls if you lose 3-0 in your own stadium to Forest,” said the Liverpool head coach. “I ought to look at my own role first and my squad, but it does show you how a score can alter the momentum of a match. Before I was just hoping for us to net a strike. Later we hardly generated anything.

“Of course there is a path forward, especially with the quality footballers we have. Regardless if you triumph or are beaten when you reflect you are always considering: ‘In which areas can we improve, in what aspects can we adjust?’ but that is different from questioning your abilities.

“I wish to emphasise I am responsible for the current defeats. You are responsible when you are winning but also responsible when you are losing. I can not provide enough excuses for us to have the outcomes we have. That is far from good enough and I am responsible for that.”

Liverpool’s performance unravelled as the coach made multiple offensive substitutions when chasing the match. “It was the identical on the road at Nottingham Forest the previous campaign,” he remarked. “I took the French defender out and put on the Portuguese forward and he found the net straight away to equalize at 1-1. At that time it was courageous, currently it’s likely unwise.”

The Anfield side previously were defeated in two successive at Anfield league games against Forest in the sixties. The most recent occasion they suffered consecutive league matches by a 3-0 scoreline was in the mid-60s.

Slot commented: “It was very bad. Playing at home, conceding 3-0 regardless of which team you encounter is a very, very bad result. Unexpected if you consider the opening 30 minutes of the game. I did not witness us producing so many chances in the initial 30 minutes maybe the entire campaign, and the first time they entered in our penalty area they scored.

“It did not happen at City, but in all other game we have been the dominant side and were capable to create opportunities. Recently it is nearly consistently that we fail to convert our opportunities and the attempts we concede go in.”